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Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
216363 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216363)
accepted
Species
Lunella coronata coronata (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Lunella viridana Röding, 1798 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Turbo (Lunella) coronatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Turbo coronatus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
Turbo creniferus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Turbo hemprichii Troschel, 1849 · unaccepted
Turbo modestus R. A. Philippi, 1847 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Lunella coronata coronata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Lunella coronata correensis (Récluz, 1853) accepted as Lunella correensis (Récluz, 1853)
marine
(of Turbo coronatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
Description Shell up to 4 cm, with conspicuous flattened, cup-like scales interspersed by small, regular rows of nodules. Colour pale...
Description Shell up to 4 cm, with conspicuous flattened, cup-like scales interspersed by small, regular rows of nodules. Colour pale to greenish flecked with purplish-brown markings (often encrusted with light pink coralline algae). Smooth to faintly granular operculum with pale green centre. Habitat: upper eulittoral, in pools or under stones, Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
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original description
(of Turbo coronatus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Turbo creniferus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Turbo modestus R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1849). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen. In: Küster H.C., ed.,. <em>Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> 2(2): 1-98, pl. 1-19 (pp 1-8 [1842], 9-24 [1845], 25-66 [1847], 67-74 [1849], 75-98 [1850]; pls 1-9 [1842], 10-15 [1847], 16-19 [1849]). Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106814
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Lunella viridana Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 103 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Britton, J. C. (1990). The intertidal crevice fauna of Tolo Channel and Harbour, New Territories, Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China . The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 803-835. [details]
additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34. [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 16. [details]
additional source Takada, Y. (2001). Comparison of the Activity Patterns of Nine Molluscan Grazers on a Boulder Shore at Amakusa, Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 60 (3): 157-172. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Takada, Y. (1995). Inorganic Content of Faeces in Molluscan Grazers Observed a Boulder Shore at Amakusa. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(3): l95 - 201. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Williams, S.; Apte, D.; Ozawa, T.; Kaligis, F.; Nakano, T. (2011). Speciation and dispersal along continental coastlines and island arcs in the Indo-West Pacific turbinid gastropod genus <i>Lunella</i>. <em>Evolution.</em> 65(6): 1752-1771., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01255.x [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Turbo creniferus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Turbo modestus R. A. Philippi, 1847) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1849). Die Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen. In: Küster H.C., ed.,. <em>Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz.</em> 2(2): 1-98, pl. 1-19 (pp 1-8 [1842], 9-24 [1845], 25-66 [1847], 67-74 [1849], 75-98 [1850]; pls 1-9 [1842], 10-15 [1847], 16-19 [1849]). Nürnberg, Bauer & Raspe., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106814
page(s): 57 [details]
original description (of Lunella viridana Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659
page(s): 103 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Britton, J. C. (1990). The intertidal crevice fauna of Tolo Channel and Harbour, New Territories, Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Second International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China . The Marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern china II, Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 2: 803-835. [details]
additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 34. [details]
additional source Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4049(1): 1-98., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fowler, O. (2016). Seashells of the Kenya coast. ConchBooks: Harxheim. Pp. 1–170.
page(s): 16. [details]
additional source Takada, Y. (2001). Comparison of the Activity Patterns of Nine Molluscan Grazers on a Boulder Shore at Amakusa, Japan. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 60 (3): 157-172. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Takada, Y. (1995). Inorganic Content of Faeces in Molluscan Grazers Observed a Boulder Shore at Amakusa. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(3): l95 - 201. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Williams, S.; Apte, D.; Ozawa, T.; Kaligis, F.; Nakano, T. (2011). Speciation and dispersal along continental coastlines and island arcs in the Indo-West Pacific turbinid gastropod genus <i>Lunella</i>. <em>Evolution.</em> 65(6): 1752-1771., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01255.x [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Shell up to 4 cm, with conspicuous flattened, cup-like scales interspersed by small, regular rows of nodules. Colour pale to greenish flecked with purplish-brown markings (often encrusted with light pink coralline algae). Smooth to faintly granular operculum with pale green centre. Habitat: upper eulittoral, in pools or under stones, Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | crowned turban shell [from synonym] | [details] |
To Malacopics (Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, Park Rynie, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Malacopics (Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791) Tanzania, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Lunella coronata (Gmelin, 1791) Tanzania, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
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